Search keys

Search by people

People are indexed according to their 'last name,initials' or by 'last name,first name' (without a space after the comma). For example: Johnson,A or Johnson,Alfred. If you type n a name without a comma followed by the initials or first name, all people with that surname will be displayed. However, if you type in a name with a comma followed by the initials or first name, only people with names identical to that typed in will be displayed. Naturally, you can use wildcards here as well.

Search by year of publication

If you are searching for publications by a particular author and you wish to limit the search results to a specific year of publication, you can modify the query by using the following search keys. You can search by year of publication using the following operators (the search engine does not include serials in the search results):

AND JVU 1980
published in 1980

AND JVU < 1980
published in or before 1980

AND JVU > 1980
published in or after 1980

AND JVU 1980-1984
published between 1980 and 1984, including 1980 and 1984

Overview of all search keys

Enter the following special search keys before the search term:

Search by [CID] CERL ID
This index is used to retrieve records by their HPB ID (which is also used to cite HPB records). HPB IDs can also be truncated by appending “?”. Example: CID de-604.vk.bv001645308

Search by [CSO] Cataloguing Source
This index can be used to select all records from one source. The ISIL/MARC21/CERL defined code needs to be known. Search for example cso czprnk to retrieve all records of the National Library of the Czech Republic. To perform the same search without knowing the code, look at the “Content of the HPB Database” start page

Search by [FMO] Former Owner[FOC] Former Owner (Corporate Body)
[FMO] and [FOC] are subsets of the regular person and corporate body indexes [PER] and [COR] with the same indexing (i.e. persons are searched by surname, first name). They are however limited to persons and corporate bodies identified to have a provenance role to the described work. Only entities catalogued in access point form will be found. The [PRN] index is a keyword index, combining the provenance related free text note elements and the access point name forms with relevant relator codes. Proximity operators are applicable. Example: foc bayerische staatsbibliothek ; fmo Magyary-Kossa, Sámuel ; prn motto nisi dominus frustra ; prn (exlibris or “ex libris”) and Esterhazy

Search by [HLD] Holdings
Information specifying the location of an item can be search here, for example shelfmarks or sublocations: hld 2011? ; hld magdalen and cso GB-UkOxU (retrieves all books from Oxford University Magdalen College)

Search by [IPN] Imprint Name
A separate keyword index for persons and institutions related to the physical production and distribution of the book was created. It consists of name forms in access point form if accompanied by a relevant relator code (this part is a keyword indexed subset of the general person / corporate body indexes [PER] and [COR]) and additionally the original imprint phrasing as on the item. Proximity operators are applicable. Example: ipn elsevier d?

Search by [PRN] Provenance Names

Search by [DIM] dimensions
Use this index to search for the format of a book. Use keywords, for example, search operators. Examples: DIM 8oDIM (2o OR fo* OR in-2* OR in-fo*)DIM (4o or 4to or qua* or in-4*)DIM (8o or 8vo or oct* or in-8*)DIM (12o or 12mo or in-12*)DIM (16o or 16mo or in-16*)
etc.
Use the Browse feature to detect more effective search terms. Combine searches in [DIM] with other searches to apply them as a format limit.

Search by [ALL] all words without fulltext : ALL
Enter ALL before the search term if you want to search different parts simultaneously, such as title, keyword and summary. Example: ALL albania ; ALL clinton foreign policy

Search by [TIT] title (keywords) : TIT
Enter TIT before the search term if you want to search the titles of books, magazines, conference proceedings or magazine articles or other material. Example: TIT american culture

Search by [PER] person/author : PER
Enter PER before the last name, possibly followed by first name, initials and prefixes if you are searching for a specific author. Example: PER ericson ; PER smith,william (to find all versions of the first name you can follow the first letter by a ?).

Search by [TPC] all topics : TPC

Search by [SUH] subject heading : SUH
Dutch language GOO keywords are added to the titles. Enter SUH before the GOO keyword by which you want to search.

Search by [PES] periodical (string) : PES
Enter PES before the magazine title and sub-title you are looking for. Omit articles at the beginning of the title. If you scan the entire title, you will get an overview of all magazines. Example: PES international journal of politics, culture and society

Search by [PDS] periodical (string) : PDS

Search by [SER] series, periodical (keywords) : SER
Enter SER before the search term if you want to search magazine titles. Example: SER british medical journal

Search by [ZTW] title of periodical (keyword) : ZTW

Search by [ZET] title of periodical (string) : ZET

Search by [THS] thesis statement : THS

Search by [ISB] ISBN (books) : ISB
Enter ISB before the ISBN number if you have the International Standard Book Number for a specific publication.

Search by [ISS] ISSN (periodicals) : ISS
Enter ISS before the ISS number if you have the International Standard Serial Number for a specific periodical

Search by [NUM] any number : NUM
Enter NUM before the ISBN or ISSN number for a specific publication.

Search by [COR] corporation (keywords) : COR
To find titles which have been published by a specific organization. Example: COR european union; COR ministry education

Search by [PUB] publisher, publishing place (keywords) : PUB

Search by [URL] URL (string) : URL

Search by [URK] URL, URN (keyword) : URK

Search by [PPN] Identify number : PPN
Enter PPN before the Pica production number if you have the production number for a specific publication.

Search by [PRS] personal name : PRS
Enter PRS before the last name, possibly followed by first name, initials and prefixes for the person you are searching for. The search key PRS applies both for the person who has written a publication and for the person a publication deals with (the subject of a publication). Example: PRS smith, william

Search by [DEW] Dewey classification : DEW
Enter DEW before the Dewey code if you have the Dewey code for a specific publication. Note: you must enter a backslash and a slash (\/) rather than just a (/). If you only enter a slash, /4 in the following example would stand for the number of 'variables' that the query may contain. Example: DEW 709\/.2\/4

Search by [YOP] year of publication : YOP
Enter YOP before the search term to find a title which has been published in a specific year. Example: YOP 1798

Search by [SJH] subject headings : SJH

Search by [PLC] place : PLC
Enter PLC before the search term to find a title which has been published in a specific town. Example: PLC amsterdam

Search by [PRI] printer (person) : PRI
Enter PRI before the search term if you want to search publications that deal with a specific person. Example: PRI churchill

Search by [SGS] shelfmark with blanks : SGS

Search by [TTS] title (string, short) : TTS
Enter TTS before the search term to find documents which have been printed in a specific place. Example: TTS delft

Search by [TFB] title (string, from beginning) : TFB
If you know the short-title.

Search by [AED] date of modification : AED
Enter AED before the search term to find articles about a specific town or place. Example: AED rotterdam; AED rotterdam

Search by [MAK] type of material, bibliographic level and encoding level : MAK
Searching this index selects records according to a 3-character code which always must be truncated. The first position codes the type of material. Available codes are

A Printed material. Search for MAK A? to retrieve all printed publications in HPB

M Notated music
Search for MAK M? to retrieve all music publications in HPB

E Microfilmed material (Please note that microforms are not principally in the focus of HPB. They are only included on the condition that full bibliographic description of the original is provided and (preferably) that the original is not present itself. For a more comprehensive research on microform surrogates please consult EROMM)
Search for MAK E? to retrieve all microform surrogates in HPB

O Digitised material (Please note that digitisations themselves are not principally in the focus of HPB. They are only included on the condition that full bibliographic description of the original is provided and (preferably) that the original is not present itself. For a more comprehensive research on digitisations please consult EROMM). Links to digital versions, however, will be included in the HPB record of the original whenever available. To limit searches to records including links to digitised version, please use the limit option available in the simple search INSERT LINK.
Search for MAK O? to retrieve all digised surrogates in HPB

Z Combined/mixed material INSERT EXAMPLE
Search for MAK Z? to retrieve all such materials in HPB

V Objects
For example board games but also graphics such as etchings (portraits, …)
Search for MAK V? to retrieve all such materials in HPB

The second position describes the bibliographic level and can only be retrieved in combination with a certain type of material. Available codes are:

a Monographic
For example search for MAK Aa? to retrieve all printed monographs in HPB

b Serial
For example search for MAK Ab? to retrieve all printed journals and newspapers in HPB

c Multi-volume work, title
This type of record is only present for the subset of HPB contributing institution which work with hierachical record structures and records the title of a multi-colume work as a separate record (which the individual volume records are attached to).
For example search for MAK Ac? to search for all multi-volume works in HPB which are recorded in hierachical structure

f/F Multi-volume work, volume
Applies only to the subset of hierachically structured records in HPB, see above.
For example search MAK Af? OR AF? to retrieve all volume records in HPB

d Series
For example search MAK Ad? to retrieve all monographic series records in HPB

j PRESENT?

The third position … TODO

Search by [TMB] series title (keyword) : TMB ???

Search by See also : CLT ???

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